05 Mar 1996
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1996
Page
1
A brief item notes durable and non durable goods orders rose 0.5 percent in January as the Commerce Department reported total orders at 311.1 billion, with December revised higher. Analysts expected 0.3 percent. The data cite manufacturing health and note storms may skew monthly figures. For 1995, orders rose 6.7 percent after 10.3 percent in 1994. The blizzard impact was not specified.
Batesburg obituary notices on Page 2B report the deaths of Elma Cue of Aiken and Rose Bozick. The notices provide basic details of their passing and indicate funeral arrangements may follow in local notices.
Georgia Lottery results include Cash 3 numbers 1 3 4 and Fantasy 5 numbers 4 5 11 18 30. Officials urge players to check tickets and claim prizes before deadlines.
The Defense Waste Processing Facility at Savannah River Site awaits final approval from Secretary Hazel O Leary to start turning 34 million gallons of liquid waste into glass. About 10 percent will become canistered glass. 6,000 canisters expected, the rest rendered into saltstone grout. Cost about $4 billion over roughly 25 years.
Dr. John B. Bradley, chairman of the Aiken County School Board, criticizes the S C School Accountability Act of 1996 at a Monday Legislative Forum. He argues national benchmarks ignore local conditions and funding levels, urging a fairer approach. Rep. Roland Smith and Sen. Tommy Moore weigh in on funding and punitive measures.
Minnie Pearl, the famed comedian known for her shrill greeting and straw hat, died at 83 in Nashville after a week of unconsciousness following a February 25 stroke. Her career was paused by a 1991 stroke that left her partially paralyzed. her beginnings trace to Aiken where she helped launch a Pilot Club play that sparked her later persona.
Circuit Court Judge Henry F Floyd schedules a 9 am March 21 hearing at the Aiken County Judicial Center on NationsBank’s contempt motion against New Ellenton and officials for violating consent orders tied to a $5 million sewer debt. The bank seeks hefty daily fines of 100 dollars, rising to 200 after ten days, for ongoing noncompliance and failure to provide missing payments and permit transfers.
New Ellenton The city council will meet at 7 p.m. in City Hall to decide whether to inform the state that the town will negotiate on a sewer bond debt or instruct the state to send a receiver to operate the system.
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